Event
Intergovernmental Meeting on the draft Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology
At the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference in November 2023, Member States unanimously decided to prepare an international standard-setting instrument on the ethics of neurotechnology, in the form of a recommendation.
Further to this decision, 91Â鶹¹ú²ú¾«Æ·×ÔÅÄ led a multidisciplinary, multicultural and pluralist effort to produce a , which have been shared with Member States in September 2024 for their comments and observations.
This intergovernmental meeting of the special committee, to be convened from 12 to 16 May 2025, will allow for an in-depth review of the final report of the Secretariat, which will include Member States' contributions, with a view to the adoption of the Recommendaiton at the 43rd session of the General Conference, in November 2025.
When adopted, the Recommendation will be the first global normative instrument in this critically important field.
Working Documents
- Provisional Agenda (available soon)
- Provisional Rules of Procedure (available soon)
- Draft Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology (available soon)
Information Documents
- Final Report on the draft Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology (available soon)
- Compilation of comments received from Member States on the first draft of the Recommendation, multilingual (available soon)
